Farmington Independent

The Farmington School District’s three options for attendance boundary changes remain the only options on the table. The district’s attendance boundary committee had scheduled a Dec. 3 meeting in case they wanted to make any adjustment to their options following three public...

Black Friday shopping: some people love it, and some hate it. For those of you that love it, I’m with you 100 percent. It’s a girls dream to walk into a store and see those glorious signs announcing “Buy one get one free” or “Buy one get one half off.” Being a crazed...

November 22 Larceny, from auto, 20600 block of Flagstaff Ave. Juvenile, runaway, address not available Harassing communication, 18800 block of Euclid Path Larceny, from mail, 600 block of Second St. Lost person, missing, address not available November 23 Fraud, swindle, 100...

A 2010 Farmington High School graduate is in a coma after a Nov. 24 hit-and-run accident in St. Paul. A student at the University of St. Thomas, Rebekka Peterson, 22, was struck by a car after exiting a cab at the 1900 block of Grand Avenue in St. Paul. A companion, 22-year-old Nicholas...

Farmington police are searching for a 37-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a month. Laura Jean Simonson, 37, was reported missing on Friday, Nov. 22, according to Farm-ington police detective sergeant Lee Hollatz. Simon-son was last seen by family members on Nov....

The finer details of the Farmington School District’s proposed new 100-student school of choice are still up for debate, but the beliefs at is core are well established. They’re part of the district’s strategic plan, a document the district created to guide its development. It...

Farmington City Council members have approved the first phase of a process to make the salaries of Farmington city employees more competitive with similar salaries in the market. On Monday, council members approved implementation of a new 11-step wage scale that will start with adjusting...

No one is likely to accuse the Farmington School District of being afraid to try new things. Last year, the district implemented a plan to put an iPad in the hands of every student. There was a learning curve there, but teachers figured out interesting ways to use the tablet computers...

November came to an end on Saturday, and as it departed so did a lot of questionable facial hair. That any of it remained is a testament to just how many men are able to convince themselves that they look good with a beard. It also suggests some people aren’t clear on what, exactly,...

The Farmington School District is bringing in more students from outside its borders this year, but also seeing more students choose to enroll elsewhere. The district’s overall enrollment was 6,967 on Oct. 1, the date school districts use to report official enrollment to the...

The Farmington girls hockey team didn’t have much of a problem scoring goals while losing its first three games of the season. The Tigers found the net seven times in those three contests. Their issue was stopping the other team as Hastings, Rochester John Marshall and Irondale...

A crate full of marijuana sent to a Farmington address never got to its destination earlier this year, and the man who picked it up could have a new address for quite a while. The shipping company handling the delivery contacted an agent with Homeland Security investigations on...

You can do a lot with a text message. You can say hi to a friend, set a meeting, even create a whole new school. On Monday, Farmington superintendent Jay Haugen presented a vision for what he called a school of choice to be housed in the district’s instructional services center....

On Saturday the Farmington boys hockey team got a taste of what life will be like in the South Suburban Conference beginning next season. The Tigers couldn’t net a goal, but didn’t look overmatched against an Eagan team that pulled away to the conference championship with a record...